books.google.com.au - This is a groundbreaking book on the origins of Israel, taking into account the contexts of geography, anthropology, and sociology, and drawing on a careful analysis of archaeological and written evidence. Thompson argues that none of the traditional models for the origin of biblical Israel in terms...https://books.google.com.au/books/about/Early_History_of_the_Israelite_People.html?id=RwrrUuHFb6UC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareEarly History of the Israelite People

Early History of the Israelite People: From the Written & Archaeological Sources

This is a groundbreaking book on the origins of Israel, taking into account the contexts of geography, anthropology, and sociology, and drawing on a careful analysis of archaeological and written evidence. Thompson argues that none of the traditional models for the origin of biblical Israel in terms of conquest, peaceful settlement, or revolution are viable. The ninth and eighth century BC State of Israel is a product of the Mediterranean economy. The development of the ethnic concept of biblical Israel finds its context in history first at the time of the Persian renaissance. The volume presents a clear historical context and an interpretative matrix for the Bible.

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A thoroughly interesting and accomplished study of ancient Palestine / Israel / Judea based firmly on the principle of taking only archaeological findings and contemporary texts and inscriptions prior ...Read full review

About the author (2000)

Thomas L. Thompson, is Associate Professor of Old Testament, Marquette University in Milwaukee, and author of "The Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives" (1974). More recent publications are "The Origin Tradition of Ancient Israel" (1987), and "Toponymie Palestinienne" (1988).